Year: 2025

Photo: Mandela Kanu, Founder, Mandy Helping Hand Foundation By: Blessing Kelvin On Thursday, December 25th, 2025, the Mandy Helping Hand Foundation carried out a humanitarian outreach at Ikorodu Roundabout, in Lagos where foodstuffs were distributed to the less privileged and vulnerable members of the community. During the outreach, the foundation shared sumptuous cooked rice, ensuring that beneficiaries received a nourishing and satisfying meal. The atmosphere was filled with joy, excitement, and gratitude as many individuals that received the free meal expressed their happiness for the timely support, especially during the…

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By: Mandy Park Ndu Okoh, presenter of the Pan-African podcast Panel 54, has called for stronger military partnership with the United States to combat escalating violence by Boko Haram and other militant groups in Nigeria. In a recent statement, Okoh argued that collaboration with the US offers the quickest path to securing the country against threats that undermine national progress, destroy families, and endanger the Nigerian way of life. “By partnering with the United States, we can defeat these groups who seek to destroy lives, livelihoods, and our way of…

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Photo: Mrs Gift Ordu By: Mandy Park The widow of Engineer Chukwudi Ordu, Mrs. Gift Ordu, has appealed to Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma and the State Commissioner of Police to investigate the circumstances surrounding her husband’s death. Engineer Ordu, 38, was allegedly shot dead by a joint team of Tiger Base special anti-kidnap police unit and ENTRACO officials on October 29, 2025, at Toronto area of Owerri. Speaking to journalists, Mrs. Ordu recounted the tragic event, saying her husband was killed after being caught in a fracas between government…

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Photo: Bessie Essienette By: Mandy Park In keeping his promise to release free buses specifically for conveying Abia indigenes back to Abia State from Lagos this December 2025, the state governor, Dr. Alex Otti, said he has fulfilled his promise as over 20 buses have been released for the exercise. Speaking on the exercise, Lagos State Liaison Officer, Mrs Ugochi Bessie Essienette, who represented the governor as the exercise kicked off in Lagos on Saturday 20th December said, “It is a fulfilment of the promise made by the Abia state…

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By Mandy Park    The Anambra State Coordinator of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Mrs. Emilia Njoku, expressed surprise at the unannounced visit of Mr. Peter Obi to the NECO State Office in Awka on Friday. Mrs. Njoku said staff were initially curious when a convoy of vehicles arrived, only to discover that Obi, uninvited and without prior notice, had come to present a cheque covering NECO examination fees for 148 inmates in correctional centres across Anambra State. Addressing staff, Obi explained that representatives of inmates from the Awka, Onitsha,…

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By Mandy Park Professor of Law, Auwalu Yadudu, has called for the suspension of January 1, 2026 implementation date for the commencement of a new tax laws in Nigeria. He said the suspension was urgent due to the alleged discrepancies between what the National Assembly passed and the version later gazetted by the Federal Government. According to Yadudu, after reviewing what was passed by lawmakers and what the federal government gazetted, he reached the “inescapable conclusion” that elements within the Executive arm may have altered the laws without legislative approval.…

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Photo: Peter Obi By: Mandy Park In continuation of his nationwide political consultations, Peter Obi, former Anambra State governor and Labour Party presidential candidate, has met with prominent statesmen in the North. Obi had a parley with former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida and Arewa leader, Alhaji Ango Abdullahi in addition to professionals and young Nigerians. That was part of his efforts to promote unity and explore practical pathways to rebuilding the country. In a statement on Wednesday, Obi said he travelled to Zaria to meet with Professor Ango Abdullahi,…

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